@article {1917, title = {A taxonomic review of the centipede genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) in mainland Southeast Asia, with description of a new species from Laos}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {590}, year = {2016}, month = {17/05/2016}, pages = {1-124}, type = {Monograph}, abstract = {

The centipede genus Scolopendra in mainland Southeast Asia is reviewed taxonomically based on morphological characters, informed by a molecular phylogenetic analysis using sequences from three mitochondrial and nuclear genes (COI, 16S rRNA and 28S rRNA). Eight nominal species of Scolopendra, namely S. morsitans Linnaeus, 1758, S. subspinipes Leach, 1816, S. dehaani Brandt, 1840, S. multidens Newport, 1844, S. calcarata Porat, 1876, S. japonica Koch, 1878, S. pinguis Pocock, 1891, and S. dawydoffi Kronm\üller, 2012, are redescribed together with some revision of type materials. Geographical variation in each species has been compiled with reference to samples that span their distribution ranges in Southeast Asia and some parts of neighbouring areas such as East Asia, the Indian Ocean, and Africa. Comparative study of traditional taxonomic characters from external morphology provides further information to distinguish some closely related species. Scolopendra cataracta Siriwut, Edgecombe \& Panha, sp. n., is described from the southern part of Laos, with additional records in Thailand and Vietnam. The phylogenetic framework for Southeast Asian Scolopendra recognizes S. calcarata + S. pinguis, S. morsitans, and a S. subspinipes group that unites the other six species as the main clades. Within the S. subspinipes group, two monophyletic groups can be distinguished by having either slender or short, thick ultimate leg prefemora and different numbers of apical spines on the coxopleuron. Scolopendra arborea Lewis, 1982, is placed in subjective synonymy with S. dehaani. A survey of external morphology of the genital segments confirms its potential for improving species identification in Scolopendra. Some observations on biology and behaviour are recorded based on field surveys in this area.

}, keywords = {Chilopoda, distribution, phylogeny, Scolopendra, species diversity, systematics}, issn = {1313-2989, 1313-2970}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.590.7950}, author = {Siriwut, Warut and Edgecombe, Gregory D. and Sutcharit, Chirasak and Tongkerd, Piyoros and Panha, Somsak} } @article {1779, title = {Revision of the rare centipede genus Sterropristes Attems, 1934, with description of a new species from Thailand (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3484}, year = {2012}, month = {14/09/2012}, pages = {35-52}, type = {Article}, abstract = {

The genus Sterropristes Attems, 1934, currently classified in the scolopendrid subfamily Otostigminae and tribe Sterropristini, is revised. The monotypic genus Malaccolabis Verhoeff, 1937, is synonymized with Sterropristes. Sterropristes sarasinorum Attems, 1934 from Tomohon, Celebes, Indonesia (type species of Sterropristes) and S. metallicus (Verhoeff, 1937) from Penang Hill, Penang, Malaysia (type species of Malaccolabis) are redescribed based on their type material, together with newly collected topotypes of S. metallicus. Sterropristes violaceus Muadsub and Panha n. sp., found under leaves on islands in the Andaman Sea, south-western Thailand, is described.

}, keywords = {Malaysia, morphology, Myriapoda, systematics, Taxonomy}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3484.1.2}, url = {https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3484.1.2}, author = {Muadsub, Sawitree and Sutcharit, Chirasak and Pimvichai, Piyatida and Enghoff, Henrik and Edgecombe, Gregory D. and Panha, Somsak} } @article {1089, title = {Two new species of the giant pill-millipede genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from Thailand (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae)}, journal = {Tropical Natural History}, volume = {21}, year = {2021}, month = {01/04/2021}, pages = {12{\textendash}26}, abstract = {

Two new species of Zephronia sensu stricto, both coming from Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand, are described: Z. lannaensis, new species and Z. phrain, new species. Both these species seem to be especially similar to Z. laotica Wesener, 2019, but clearly distinct by telopoditomere 2 of the anterior telopods showing a sclerotized process located inside a membranous area, coupled with leg-pair 3 featuring one or two dorso-apical spine(s).

}, keywords = {arthropod, giant pill-millipede, new species, Taxonomy, Thailand}, issn = {2586-9892}, url = {https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/247730}, author = {Likhitrakarn, Natdanai and Sergei Ilyich Golovatch and Srisonchai, Ruttapon and Sutcharit, Chirasak} } @article {606, title = {A new micropolydesmoid millipede of the genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Cambodia, with a key to species in mainland Southeast Asia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {996}, year = {2020}, month = {24/11/2020}, pages = {59-91}, abstract = {

The micropolydesmoid millipede family Haplodesmidae is here recorded from Cambodia for the first time through the discovery of the first, new species of the genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910: E. cambodiensis sp. nov. This new species is described from two limestone habitats in Kampot Province, based on abundant material. It is easily distinguished from all related congeners by the following combination of characters: body greyish-brown; limbus roundly lobulate; solenomere partially divided from acropodite by a digitiform lobe, but without hairpad. Brief remarks on the previously-proposed \“pecularis-group\” are provided and a second group, the \“demangei-group\”, is established and discussed on the basis of morphological evidence, updating the number of recognised species groups of Eutrichodesmus to two. Detailed morphological illustrations, photographs and a distribution map, as well as remarks on its habitat and mating behaviour of the new species are presented. Furthermore, the current distributions of all 55 presently-known species of Eutrichodesmus are provided and a key to all 23 species that occur in mainland Southeast Asia is given.

}, keywords = {Karst, new species, Southeast Asia, Taxonomy}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.996.57411}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/57411/}, author = {Srisonchai, Ruttapon and Likhitrakarn, Natdanai and Sutcharit, Chirasak and Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai and Siriwut, Warut and Thrach, Phanara and Chhuoy, Samol and Ngor, Peng Bun and Panha, Somsak} } @article {359, title = {Two new species of the millipede genus Plusioglyphiulus Silvestri, 1923 from Cambodia (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {938}, year = {2020}, month = {04/06/2020}, pages = {137-151}, abstract = {

Two new species of Plusioglyphiulus are described from southern Cambodia. Plusioglyphiulus biserratus sp. nov. is clearly distinguished from all congeners by the shape of the telopodites of the posterior gonopods which are distinctly serrate laterally and by the anterior gonopods showing only a pair of single, smooth and curved coxosternal processes. Plusioglyphiulus khmer sp. nov. is distinguished by having most crests on the collum being complete and male legs 1 showing long, prominent, one-segmented telopodites, coupled with the oblong-subtrapeziform, membranous, posterior gonopods with a small bifid process at about a third of the telopodite length. Notes on the variation of Plusioglyphiulus boutini Mauri\ès, 1970 are also given, including a colour photograph of fresh, live material. A key to all four species of Plusioglyphiulus currently known to occur in Cambodia is also presented.

}, keywords = {Cave, diplopod, forest, Indochina, key}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.938.51234}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/51234/}, author = {Likhitrakarn, Natdanai and Sergei Ilyich Golovatch and Thach, Phanara and Chhuoy, Samol and Ngor, Peng Bun and Srisonchai, Ruttapon and Sutcharit, Chirasak and Panha, Somsak} } @article {275, title = {A remarkable new species of the millipede genus Trachyjulus Peters, 1864 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae) from Thailand, based both on morphological and molecular evidence}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {925}, year = {2020}, month = {08/04/2020}, pages = {55-72}, abstract = {

A new, giant species of Trachyjulus from a cave in southern Thailand is described, illustrated, and compared to morphologically closely related taxa. This new species, T. magnus sp. nov., is much larger than all other congeners and looks especially similar to the grossly sympatric T. unciger Golovatch, Geoffroy, Mauri\ès \& VandenSpiegel, 2012, which is widespread in southern Thailand. Phylogenetic trees, both rooted and unrooted, based on a concatenated dataset of the COI and 28S genes of nine species of Cambalopsidae (Trachyjulus, Glyphiulus, and Plusioglyphiulus), strongly support the monophyly of Trachyjulus and a clear-cut divergence between T. magnus sp. nov. and T. unciger in revealing very high average p-distances of the COI gene (20.80\–23.62\%).

}, keywords = {Cave, diplopod, molecular-based phylogeny, morphological character, Taxonomy}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.925.49953}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49953/}, author = {Likhitrakarn, Natdanai and Sergei Ilyich Golovatch and Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai and Srisonchai, Ruttapon and Sutcharit, Chirasak and Panha, Somsak} }